I’ve never seen that belt fail. The oil filter does come out that way. When it is loosened, the plunger in the housing comes up and drains the oil so it doesn’t spill. CCs and Tiguans are the most neglected vehicles I see come through my shop. Aftermarket oil filters, non VW spec oil, 87 octane fuel (this engine requires 91) then people wonder how the intake valves get full of carbon and chains stretch. Those oil rings were bad too. They have tiny pin holes in the center groove to remove the oil from the cylinder walls, the groove was plugged solid with carbon. This engine was burning a lot of oil and they never checked it. Oh, and that valve in the end of the cam is removed via special tool. That’s how the bridge comes off. You tore this engine down better than a lot of VW/Audi techs I’ve seen, kudos!
most branded oil filters made by sunwa. ?.. synth oil is garbage.. as are the greens, epa, w.e.f. & the u.s. gov.. ausie.. mate 75, just bought a clk320. for 9k. au. 160ks. i told him, use all merc stuff, & thrash it. or it will stop.. our 91 is like your 85.. crap fuel.. $2.10. lt... not gal....
@@dand2334 the gen 3 EA888 that replaced this first/second gen engine moved to a canister style filter, but these early ones took normal oil filter cans
It was so much fun watching you purposely blow this engine while on the lift! I've never witnessed intentional inspection ports. Makes the teardown more fun
theres vids of blowout engines comparison.. a 2 lt pinto, would not blow up.. a v8 chev, blew, then the ford v8, as they shared the same radiator.. chevs are crap engines..
Instead of monsters in your nightmares, you must dream of automotive engineers who choose to use 15 different kinds and sizes of fasteners when 2 or 3 would do, and maintenance items which cannot be accessed without taking half an engine apart to get to them: Those engineers are the real monsters in this world.
@@cricri7066 Bugatti is a hypercar and it's expected to be hyperexpensive and hyperdifficult to maintain. And there's at least packaging reasons for that. On the other hand we have Audi with thermostats inside the block behind timing system and BMW with hose labyrinths that accommodate leaks to go EVERYWHERE.
@@Vel1ar this is just a bread and butter car and the engine: it's overengineered, overcomplicated and the quality is not what is should be. Very expensive cars to maintain, as al VW's and especially Audi's
Those bearing surfaces. Like we said back in the 70s... groovy! And that water pump location. Today's engines remind me of way back, when they began putting tags on radios and televisions when we switched from tubes to transistors... "WARNING: No user serviceable parts inside." Might as well just go ahead and paint that warning on the hood.
Having known several friends with these motors that needed some external servicing, they're not THAT bad to work on; I was surprised how crazy they are inside given the access you can get to various jobs around the engine. They certainly are pretty strange for I4s though. Like VW was giving out bonuses for doing things as differently as possible or something...
@@Trendyflute I think it was just VW continuing a trend of strangeness. 1.8T had 5v heads, the exhaust cam was driven by a timing belt, and the intake was driven off a small chain on the back (transmission) side of the head linking the two cams. EA113 2.0T FSI had the same weird timing setup. Then when they finally moved to a singular item driving both cams with the EA888 TSI, they decided they needed two more chains for the balance shafts and oil pump. Plus early model years of the first/second gen EA888 had issues with faulty tensioners, up until mid-2012 iirc. Sure, it's still a complex timing system, but at least they put it on the front of the engine, unlike with some of the larger engines in the VW/Audi lineup. As a driveway DIY-er with a gen 3 engine I think it's easy enough to work on for most routine maintenance tasks. Once you have all the correct sockets, that is.
Fantastic Eric, as I said in your blow up video. There was a massive amount of noise, before it let go. You had trouble cranking it over to get it started, then when you did, it took several attempts to get it to stay running. Nobody, nobody unless totally deaf wouldn’t hear the noise. As you’ve said before “I don’t believe it just stopped”. The first video was an excellent example, of why you should check your oil regularly. One channel I watch said “ if it says change oil at say 10000 miles, change it at 7000. Oil is cheap, engines are an arm and a leg. Your vehicle will last a very long time, and give you good service. Your vehicle won’t end up in a scrap yard. Nearly every tear down you do, you always say “check your oil”. This was an excellent example of what happens if you don’t. Thank Eric.
You were exceptionally humorous in this episode. A real chuckle-a-thon for many a viewer. Yes, you were on your feet the entire episode, so i think you have earned your stripes as a stand up comic. Well done!
After watching your videos I decided to change my oil every 3k miles instead of the Honda recommended 5k. I want my car to run 300k miles. And a 2010 CRV should make it.
OK, that was a bit unique! I've never seen the small end of a rod in the oil pan, while the big end was making a new inspection port. I'm impressed by your destructive creativity, Eric. One day I must learn that magic trick.
love the vid sir - not suggesting you blow up more in the shop but man is it super interesting to see exactly how it sounded prior to the final "event" then the post event tear down. High school auto shops need to add these to their suggested reading.
Love your videos, Eric. I have no mechanical abilities beyond the VERY basics, but I've a ctually learned a lot. No BS, no drama, no stupid music, just facts and entertainment. Keep it up!
The crank pulley bolt ends up at around 225-250 ft-lbs when finished with its torque sequence and requires a holder to keep the crank pulley in place as it is keyed. That engine was so fucked that you loosened the bolt without trying to.
As always Eric, thanks for my Saturday night entertainment. I saw part 1 earlier and have to say that was quite the noise when that engine finally blew up. Keep the great content coming.
@@peterwilding1203 , exactly. I understand that VW CC is not the cheapest car, like Toyota Corolla, but the amount of complexity here is hard to justify, IMHO.
@@senco981 , did you ever own a Mazda 3 or Miata? I can tell you didn't. *Those* are the most fun cars to drive. While being reliable like a tank, simple to maintain, DIY-friendly and gorgeous outside and inside.
Never stop posting these videos Eric. At my work they removed a huge X15 Cummins engine out of an International truck. I said to myself, “well there’s an engine that sure as hell wouldn’t fit on Eric’s stand.” 😜
The best part is you always pointing out how something is in a very good condition and then insulting the entire part by yeeting it through the shop, but when it’s really bad and not to be used again it is handled with greater care than a blood diamond.
Eric, you're presentations are always entertaining. They are also quite educational. Thanks for your videos. I do appreciate them a lot. Greetings from the Buckeye State, Ohio.
My favorite part of every video has become when you speed up the video and audio and then talk to the camera 😂❤ it’s always absolutely hilarious 😅. Thank you for so many laughs.
I love your videos! I work nights and I pass time majority of nights watching you tear down motors or work on your projects. The style of your videos is the best I've ever seen, straight to the point with no annoying music blairing over the intro or background during teardown. You stick to the topic, for example when you are pulling the pushrods out of a motor, you do just that, not talk about your knowledge of who invented the word pushrod or some other useless information! Keep the videos coming and I'll keep on watching and liking night after night! I appreciate you making these videos, you document tear downs of motors that id probably never get a chance to tear down personally.
Hey Eric! Love your tear downs! Passing through your neck of the woods on our way to the eclipse. Couldn’t quite make it to check out the desk parts before you closed Friday, maybe next time. Keep on finding those piston nuggets.
Thanks for the video, Eric. I don’t normally like when people just tear up perfectly good vehicles for views. I think it’s as stupid as cash for clunkers and there are a lot of people that would drive that older vehicle instead of sending it for scrap. I did appreciate your video and understood that most of the engine parts were junk from the previous owners lack of maintenance or at least lack of oil. It always seems strange to me that one rod bearing was completely gone and the others were worn, but still doing the job. Thanks
Watched blowing up Volkswagen 2.0 engine, to cool. Now I'm going to watch you tear the engine down, I can only guess a rod stuck in the side of the block. Reminds me of my younger days, we used to go to the junkyard. Jammed the gas pedal with a piece of wood, stand back and watch it blow up, lots of fun, your video brings back good memories.
I really enjoyed this two part video, I was a participant in dodge blow up. We were badly abusing it with teenage foolishness. I had to push it 20 miles home. Every incline needed help
I suggested a few months back for you to blow up an engine,then tear it down. I’m going to take credit for steering you that way.. keep up the great work Eric..😊
Hi Eric, this video series is so much fun to see, it will if nothing have many of your faithful viewers checking their oil levels, to see so much hearing damage and carnage is what I expected with your teardown, Thank you Eric.
I do really dislike engines being blown up intentionally. (Any Cummins 😢). Having said that, knowing that the TSI was already trashed, it seemed very informative! Well done as usual Eric!
That impressed me in so many ways. First off, the damage was more than I expected. Second (in a good way) way to go VW for all that casting quality and machining quality, gear sets and chains etc. on a relatively lower cost engine. Third (in a bad way) WOW they managed to make a pretty conventional inline-4 really weird and complicated didn't they!? As a former 2x 1.8T 20v owner, and a current 1.8T EA888 owner I appreciated this a lot, and would love to see you do any/all VAG 5 valve head motors in the future! Cheers Eric!
Volkswagen is quickly becoming one of my favorite car brands because you can see the logic in each individual choice they make but put together it's a complicated monstrosity. Such as my Jetta 2.5, where VW sacrificed city MPG on the altar of smoothness and power. However the 2.5 has proven to be one of their most reliable engines.
I love that you took this to it's inevitable end in the last video - because it was actually educational to hear what was going on. But, I also now kinda wish I would have heard how horrible it was but NOT have it blown up - to see what that looked like. I know, can't have both. But perhaps in the future a tear down of a horrible-sounding-pile that is not actually granaded yet. For science.
I had a 2002 Audi A4 B6 with a 220hp ASN 3.0 engine, it consumed more oil than gasoline, I had to refill it every 2,000km, it constantly ran out of power, in the end the clutch broke, being a dual-mass clutch, I sold it , I was fed up with the car. Then my father has a 2.0 TDi 140hp BSY, and of course, it consumes a lot of oil, but not as much as the ASN. Now I have a 90hp Xsara 2.0 HDi, between oil changes I don't add a single drop of oil or antifreeze, so it is a reliable engine, even if it has little power.
Eric, you no doubt know that there are a few other guys who do this on youtube - but none have the sense of humor you have. None. They mostly are old men who grumble about the brand of engine or the use of plastic parts and how folks just don't make 'em like they used to... But you are very nearly pure fun. Keep it up, bud!
This is my favorite video series you made so far because i did not understand how people could blow something up so bad. Like when you do a tear down and the crankshaft is broken in half, what the hell had to happen? What did it sound like? It is also very entertaining.
I have the biggest grin now you addressed the gray tug in the room……… I will patiently wait it will be worth it!!! Excellent job Eric, I had an 99 A4 with the 1.8t a fun car.
I dont know the us market, but here in Europe the block does hold its value because if the car gets in an accident where the front right fender /wheel takes the hit the engine mount will break. The mount is bolted to the block and that is where the bolts are ripped out leaving the engine block a useless piece of metal.
I can see you're worried if that type of content plays well with the channel but I say it does, just don't go out blowing Vipers and such - that wouldn't work haha :)) This engine was perfect for such experiments - neglected to the edge of destruction and not really that special to begin with. Resulting damage was far greater then I expected tbh, very delicate engines aren't they? Good stuff man!
Yeah, my 2001 V6 went through three water pumps in 120k miles and was ready for another at 140k miles. Wouldn't surprise me if the belt held up, but probably replaced each time. Loved driving that car, but hated owning it.
I'm glad you're not going to intentionally blow up any more engines. It's fun looking at the aftermath, but it just tortures my mechanic's soul to hear rods hammer...
Exhaust studs can also break off - on an Alfa engine with a turbo on one end the cast iron manifold could heat up from cold much faster than the studs and the differential expansion would snap the stud. Fixed by using longer studs and a steel tube to absorb that extra expansion.
I laughed when I saw the stud missing on the turbo exhaust manifold, bc I have the same one missing on my 2012 Jetta GLI, and it now has an exhaust leak at high rpm. The manifold warps and breaks the bolt. I was going nuts trying to figure out wtf this noise was, and that’s the main culprit…..the mk6 GLI is now my “weekend vehicle”, so it doesn’t bother me much
As a habitual VW owner, the extension to reach bolts is no joke lmfao Spring claps are your best fren doe If you ever tear down a EA211 1.4t HMU BIG DAWG I CAN USE THE TURBO
It can happen. Had a 60's Pontiac. Seller disconnected the oil pressure sending unit, I was too ignorant to think anything of it. When I reconnected it, it glimmered when idling and hot. Had oil pump replaced. Did not specify, probably a high volume I hope. Lasted for 2 or 3 years, including several trips between Texas and Georgia. Don't floor it, keep rpm down. Lent it to someone, he blew a rod bearing in one night.
@russellstyles5381 Dad bought a V4 ford transit. Only problem we knew about was charging light, we thought a new alternator was needed. Brother in law came over, he had used lots of transits. "That's not the charging light, that's oil pressure" Oops. Drained the oil, didn't look great, but not awful either. Took off filter, dropped it because it weighed so much. Seems the guy who owned changed the oil regularly, but never the filter? Weird. Pressure came back and we drove it for a couple of years with no problems. Loved that little V4, great engine.
In order to remove the cam bridge completely from the cams the vvt spool valve needs to be removed from the intake cam. It is reversed threaded ( lefty tighty righty loosy). There is a special tool made to fit into the two small peg holes to loosen it
Morning Eric. Had a thought for a possible side-gig for you. Guitar Slides - being that the wrist pins almost invariably survive the BLAM, give them the chance of a new life in music...
The oil filter does indeed come off that way. Wow, that chain tensioner was way extended. Definitely needed a chain job. I'm surprised the engine didn't jump time.
Watched your masterful moment when the inspection port was installed. Now let's see how good you are! Although the smashing of the car was great too! 😅
That oil filter came out normally, they have one way valves inside so they don't empty themselves when removing them. As for those water pump belts I haven't seen or heard of any failing but they usually get replaced with the water pump which fails all the time.
I almost bought a new 2013 CC, but I didn't because I preferred the original longitudinal B5 Passat drivetrain. I can see where VW cut corners when they "decontented" the European built B5 Passat 2.8 GLX. Replacing the trunk struts with hinges, cheaper looking interior etc, horrible engine that leaked oil like a sieve... I like the frameless door glass.
Years ago a friend of mine let her daughter borrow her Cadillac. The kid ran it out of oil and when the engine started knocking she just turned up the volume on the stereo to drown it out and ran it at 70 MPH until it blew.
"That wasn't a good sound. Let's keep going."
Wise words to live by.
Tighten it till it strips and back it off half a turn
That's called "a bag of nails".
That's what people who blow their engines up say I guess haha. Ignore all the warning signs, since they're suggestions anyways
I’ve never seen that belt fail. The oil filter does come out that way. When it is loosened, the plunger in the housing comes up and drains the oil so it doesn’t spill. CCs and Tiguans are the most neglected vehicles I see come through my shop. Aftermarket oil filters, non VW spec oil, 87 octane fuel (this engine requires 91) then people wonder how the intake valves get full of carbon and chains stretch. Those oil rings were bad too. They have tiny pin holes in the center groove to remove the oil from the cylinder walls, the groove was plugged solid with carbon. This engine was burning a lot of oil and they never checked it. Oh, and that valve in the end of the cam is removed via special tool. That’s how the bridge comes off. You tore this engine down better than a lot of VW/Audi techs I’ve seen, kudos!
Just wondering…was that a normal oil filter on that engine? I thought that all VW Audi engines had canister type oil filters.
Can confirm, have also seen Tiguans neglected (don't see a lot of CCs). I feel like trying to cater to the crossover crowd was a mistake on VWs part.
@@dand2334 definitely not an OE filter but I've used them on a 2015 Q5 without any issues
most branded oil filters made by sunwa. ?.. synth oil is garbage.. as are the greens, epa, w.e.f. & the u.s. gov.. ausie.. mate 75, just bought a clk320. for 9k. au. 160ks. i told him, use all merc stuff, & thrash it. or it will stop.. our 91 is like your 85.. crap fuel.. $2.10. lt... not gal....
@@dand2334 the gen 3 EA888 that replaced this first/second gen engine moved to a canister style filter, but these early ones took normal oil filter cans
It was so much fun watching you purposely blow this engine while on the lift! I've never witnessed intentional inspection ports. Makes the teardown more fun
theres vids of blowout engines comparison.. a 2 lt pinto, would not blow up.. a v8 chev, blew, then the ford v8, as they shared the same radiator.. chevs are crap engines..
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CC, my playmate.
Instead of monsters in your nightmares, you must dream of automotive engineers who choose to use 15 different kinds and sizes of fasteners when 2 or 3 would do, and maintenance items which cannot be accessed without taking half an engine apart to get to them: Those engineers are the real monsters in this world.
If you want to see a real monster of engineering, look up Houston's lake Bugatti rebuild. A nightmare car to work on.
@@cricri7066 Bugatti is a hypercar and it's expected to be hyperexpensive and hyperdifficult to maintain. And there's at least packaging reasons for that. On the other hand we have Audi with thermostats inside the block behind timing system and BMW with hose labyrinths that accommodate leaks to go EVERYWHERE.
Work on a vw, uses 5 diff sizes for everything. Other brands 10, 12, 14 tear down entire car
@@Vel1ar this is just a bread and butter car and the engine: it's overengineered, overcomplicated and the quality is not what is should be. Very expensive cars to maintain, as al VW's and especially Audi's
L@@cricri7066
Lol, lost it laughing when you fought that hose clamp then cut the hose anyway after.
My favorite time of the week is watching you humorously tear down an engine.
me too.
Those bearing surfaces. Like we said back in the 70s... groovy! And that water pump location. Today's engines remind me of way back, when they began putting tags on radios and televisions when we switched from tubes to transistors... "WARNING: No user serviceable parts inside." Might as well just go ahead and paint that warning on the hood.
That's just horrible compared to nice and serviceable Japanese engines.
especially for women.. sister sold a small car to her friend. no oil in sump.. funny, eh. ausie.. sign. do not open. when stops. buy new one.
Having known several friends with these motors that needed some external servicing, they're not THAT bad to work on; I was surprised how crazy they are inside given the access you can get to various jobs around the engine. They certainly are pretty strange for I4s though. Like VW was giving out bonuses for doing things as differently as possible or something...
@@Trendyflute I think it was just VW continuing a trend of strangeness. 1.8T had 5v heads, the exhaust cam was driven by a timing belt, and the intake was driven off a small chain on the back (transmission) side of the head linking the two cams. EA113 2.0T FSI had the same weird timing setup. Then when they finally moved to a singular item driving both cams with the EA888 TSI, they decided they needed two more chains for the balance shafts and oil pump. Plus early model years of the first/second gen EA888 had issues with faulty tensioners, up until mid-2012 iirc.
Sure, it's still a complex timing system, but at least they put it on the front of the engine, unlike with some of the larger engines in the VW/Audi lineup. As a driveway DIY-er with a gen 3 engine I think it's easy enough to work on for most routine maintenance tasks. Once you have all the correct sockets, that is.
@@Trendyflute I'll admit my bias. I can change out the water pump on my 57 Pontiac 347 with one hand and a few simple tools. 😂
Fantastic Eric, as I said in your blow up video. There was a massive amount of noise, before it let go. You had trouble cranking it over to get it started, then when you did, it took several attempts to get it to stay running. Nobody, nobody unless totally deaf wouldn’t hear the noise. As you’ve said before “I don’t believe it just stopped”. The first video was an excellent example, of why you should check your oil regularly. One channel I watch said “ if it says change oil at say 10000 miles, change it at 7000. Oil is cheap, engines are an arm and a leg. Your vehicle will last a very long time, and give you good service. Your vehicle won’t end up in a scrap yard. Nearly every tear down you do, you always say “check your oil”. This was an excellent example of what happens if you don’t. Thank Eric.
Every kid watching was laughing when you used those extra extensions.
Funny AF
and also when he said "larger and larger, hander and harder"
The extension on the extension on the extension. :)
you'll need all those and a knuckle to remove the throttle body
My favorite part is how you line up the parts on a table to show us the damage. Awesome!
Good evening Eric. That engine had a great knock before it went boom. There is going to be great malice in the palace.
Sudden Rapid Disassembly
I could watch that engine blow up all day😂 that was pure awesome sauce
You were exceptionally humorous in this episode. A real chuckle-a-thon for many a viewer. Yes, you were on your feet the entire episode, so i think you have earned your stripes as a stand up comic. Well done!
What a over complicated 4 cylinder! Nicely done job on the blow up and tear down. I liked seeing the actual blow up of the motor. Thanks Eric
As a 2.0T EA113 owner, watching you struggle with this engine is a godsend for my confidence that gets shattered every time I work on my car 🤠
this a ea888. very different. the ea113 is closer to the older 1.8t than the ea888
@@ihatefsi yep I know, but still a lot of common difficulties
@@sofiejones7270 oh yea. just had to a carbon cleaning and new injectors on my tsi
Yep, it was a fun two-parter. Thanks Eric!
"I have a T30 and I'm not afraid to use it!" GOLD!
After watching your videos I decided to change my oil every 3k miles instead of the Honda recommended 5k. I want my car to run 300k miles. And a 2010 CRV should make it.
5K or every 6 months whichever comes first should be also fine.
@@solderbuff I do mine every 5k miles. Which is about 3 months of driving for me.
I'm just here to see those pristine water pumps.
Edit: Was not disappointed. 👌
OK, that was a bit unique! I've never seen the small end of a rod in the oil pan, while the big end was making a new inspection port. I'm impressed by your destructive creativity, Eric. One day I must learn that magic trick.
love the vid sir - not suggesting you blow up more in the shop but man is it super interesting to see exactly how it sounded prior to the final "event" then the post event tear down. High school auto shops need to add these to their suggested reading.
Love your videos, Eric. I have no mechanical abilities beyond the VERY basics, but I've a ctually learned a lot. No BS, no drama, no stupid music, just facts and entertainment. Keep it up!
The crank pulley bolt ends up at around 225-250 ft-lbs when finished with its torque sequence and requires a holder to keep the crank pulley in place as it is keyed. That engine was so fucked that you loosened the bolt without trying to.
As always Eric, thanks for my Saturday night entertainment. I saw part 1 earlier and have to say that was quite the noise when that engine finally blew up.
Keep the great content coming.
OMG, after becoming used to relatively simple Mazda, Honda and Toyota engines, this looks like a horror movie.
It seems awfully complex for what's supposed to be a cheap car.
@@peterwilding1203 , exactly. I understand that VW CC is not the cheapest car, like Toyota Corolla, but the amount of complexity here is hard to justify, IMHO.
@@solderbuff Did you ever owned car with this engine? Like Golf GTI or Audi A4? I can tell you did not. Those are most fun to drive cars ever built.
That is whole point of Japanese reliability. Simple design, long life, low maintenance.
Trade off is boring, zero fun driving experience.
@@senco981 , did you ever own a Mazda 3 or Miata? I can tell you didn't. *Those* are the most fun cars to drive. While being reliable like a tank, simple to maintain, DIY-friendly and gorgeous outside and inside.
Never stop posting these videos Eric. At my work they removed a huge X15 Cummins engine out of an International truck. I said to myself, “well there’s an engine that sure as hell wouldn’t fit on Eric’s stand.” 😜
The best part is you always pointing out how something is in a very good condition and then insulting the entire part by yeeting it through the shop, but when it’s really bad and not to be used again it is handled with greater care than a blood diamond.
Eric, you're presentations are always entertaining. They are also quite educational. Thanks for your videos. I do appreciate them a lot. Greetings from the Buckeye State, Ohio.
Purposeful carnage inducement definitely is not your wheelhouse, but I enjoyed every bit of this. Thank you, Eric!
The proof is in the details. You're doing just fine. As always, an outstanding job Sir
My favorite part of every video has become when you speed up the video and audio and then talk to the camera 😂❤ it’s always absolutely hilarious 😅. Thank you for so many laughs.
I love your videos! I work nights and I pass time majority of nights watching you tear down motors or work on your projects. The style of your videos is the best I've ever seen, straight to the point with no annoying music blairing over the intro or background during teardown. You stick to the topic, for example when you are pulling the pushrods out of a motor, you do just that, not talk about your knowledge of who invented the word pushrod or some other useless information! Keep the videos coming and I'll keep on watching and liking night after night! I appreciate you making these videos, you document tear downs of motors that id probably never get a chance to tear down personally.
And btw, the humor in your videos always gets a laugh out of me. Thanks brother.
Hey Eric! Love your tear downs! Passing through your neck of the woods on our way to the eclipse. Couldn’t quite make it to check out the desk parts before you closed Friday, maybe next time. Keep on finding those piston nuggets.
How could you! Im stranded in the middle of the antartic and i desperately needed that hose you cut, and that bracket you bent! Lmao
Thanks for the video, Eric. I don’t normally like when people just tear up perfectly good vehicles for views. I think it’s as stupid as cash for clunkers and there are a lot of people that would drive that older vehicle instead of sending it for scrap. I did appreciate your video and understood that most of the engine parts were junk from the previous owners lack of maintenance or at least lack of oil. It always seems strange to me that one rod bearing was completely gone and the others were worn, but still doing the job. Thanks
Watched blowing up Volkswagen 2.0 engine, to cool. Now I'm going to watch you tear the engine down, I can only guess a rod stuck in the side of the block. Reminds me of my younger days, we used to go to the junkyard. Jammed the gas pedal with a piece of wood, stand back and watch it blow up, lots of fun, your video brings back good memories.
AWESOME
I loved seeing the catastrophic failure followed by the autopsy to see the damage done
I really enjoyed this two part video, I was a participant in dodge blow up. We were badly abusing it with teenage foolishness. I had to push it 20 miles home. Every incline needed help
You are truly an mechanical surgeon!
I love the details of how absolutely impossible it is to work on some of the engines even after they are out of the car.
I suggested a few months back for you to blow up an engine,then tear it down. I’m going to take credit for steering you that way.. keep up the great work Eric..😊
Hi Eric, this video series is so much fun to see, it will if nothing have many of your faithful viewers checking their oil levels, to see so much hearing damage and carnage is what I expected with your teardown, Thank you Eric.
I do really dislike engines being blown up intentionally. (Any Cummins 😢).
Having said that, knowing that the TSI was already trashed, it seemed very informative!
Well done as usual Eric!
That impressed me in so many ways. First off, the damage was more than I expected. Second (in a good way) way to go VW for all that casting quality and machining quality, gear sets and chains etc. on a relatively lower cost engine. Third (in a bad way) WOW they managed to make a pretty conventional inline-4 really weird and complicated didn't they!? As a former 2x 1.8T 20v owner, and a current 1.8T EA888 owner I appreciated this a lot, and would love to see you do any/all VAG 5 valve head motors in the future! Cheers Eric!
You have no idea how much I look forward to these videos 😂 Another excellent one 🤝🏼
This is the best engine teardown video series I have ever watched. 🥇🥇Already looking forward to the next episode!👍👍
I like to watch these while I do my own work. I'm taking a break now from doing a valve job on my 318.
That engine really struggled to turn over, can't wait to see inside this one!!!!
Always gotta love Eric's "this water pump is good. Let's save it" schtick! 😆👍
Volkswagen is quickly becoming one of my favorite car brands because you can see the logic in each individual choice they make but put together it's a complicated monstrosity. Such as my Jetta 2.5, where VW sacrificed city MPG on the altar of smoothness and power. However the 2.5 has proven to be one of their most reliable engines.
Shows how far someone has to let an engine go before it truly blows itself up!
I love that you took this to it's inevitable end in the last video - because it was actually educational to hear what was going on. But, I also now kinda wish I would have heard how horrible it was but NOT have it blown up - to see what that looked like. I know, can't have both. But perhaps in the future a tear down of a horrible-sounding-pile that is not actually granaded yet. For science.
I had a 2002 Audi A4 B6 with a 220hp ASN 3.0 engine, it consumed more oil than gasoline, I had to refill it every 2,000km, it constantly ran out of power, in the end the clutch broke, being a dual-mass clutch, I sold it , I was fed up with the car. Then my father has a 2.0 TDi 140hp BSY, and of course, it consumes a lot of oil, but not as much as the ASN.
Now I have a 90hp Xsara 2.0 HDi, between oil changes I don't add a single drop of oil or antifreeze, so it is a reliable engine, even if it has little power.
I think it’s an excellent idea that if you have the rare opportunity to do the teardown engine removal in your own shop to record it.
They have weak oil pumps, bearings are too small etc. One of many modern junk engines! Love your videos!👍
Eric, you no doubt know that there are a few other guys who do this on youtube - but none have the sense of humor you have. None. They mostly are old men who grumble about the brand of engine or the use of plastic parts and how folks just don't make 'em like they used to... But you are very nearly pure fun. Keep it up, bud!
Speedkar99 is also hilarious. It takes humor and patience to muddle through engineering and consumer nightmares coming together for carnage.
Love the rod outside the side of the block. Keep up the great work.
You sir, are producing some brilliant videos! 👍👍👍
This is my favorite video series you made so far because i did not understand how people could blow something up so bad. Like when you do a tear down and the crankshaft is broken in half, what the hell had to happen? What did it sound like? It is also very entertaining.
Loved seeing the cause and effect. Would like to see more in the future!
Heavy Carnage - Eric's favorite band
What song do you recommend?
@@thelonelywolf88 AC/DC's Back In Black, with new lyrics Crack In Block
@@thelonelywolf88 I think something from Alice In Chains would be appropriate😅
@@janosnagyj.9540 Malice In Chains* 😂
Uncle Rodney didn't want to leave he got himself stuck
Thank you sir watching this thing blow up and then the tear down was very cool.
Uncle Rodney just hangin out had me rollin
I learn so many cool mechanic tips on this channel - like if you need to rotate the crankshaft you can just hammer on the counter weights...
I have the biggest grin now you addressed the gray tug in the room……… I will patiently wait it will be worth it!!! Excellent job Eric, I had an 99 A4 with the 1.8t a fun car.
Far far better engine too!!
The best day of the week is when I can enjoy a good teardown of a bad engine, thank you Eric!!
Oh dang.....I needed that water pump. Love the wp skits. Keep up the great work.
Heck...im watching this way past bedtime.
This was an excellent two-part series.
I have enjoyed it very much, thank you!
Look at all the damage you did Eric. Way To Go.
Great video Eric! Really looking forward to another 12V yard truck video!
It was cool to see both the pre and post-mortem videos of the same inspection-ported engine.
I dont know the us market, but here in Europe the block does hold its value because if the car gets in an accident where the front right fender /wheel takes the hit the engine mount will break. The mount is bolted to the block and that is where the bolts are ripped out leaving the engine block a useless piece of metal.
I love that you know the names of all the parts. I also love your special tool you call “Blue”
I can see you're worried if that type of content plays well with the channel but I say it does, just don't go out blowing Vipers and such - that wouldn't work haha :)) This engine was perfect for such experiments - neglected to the edge of destruction and not really that special to begin with. Resulting damage was far greater then I expected tbh, very delicate engines aren't they? Good stuff man!
Yeah, my 2001 V6 went through three water pumps in 120k miles and was ready for another at 140k miles. Wouldn't surprise me if the belt held up, but probably replaced each time. Loved driving that car, but hated owning it.
This did not disappoint 😊
Eric - your videos are appointment viewing for me. You make me laugh. And this 2-parter educated me.
I'm glad you're not going to intentionally blow up any more engines. It's fun looking at the aftermath, but it just tortures my mechanic's soul to hear rods hammer...
This 2 part series was glorious. FOR SCIENCE!
Exhaust studs can also break off - on an Alfa engine with a turbo on one end the cast iron manifold could heat up from cold much faster than the studs and the differential expansion would snap the stud. Fixed by using longer studs and a steel tube to absorb that extra expansion.
Outstanding video and I enjoyed the video of the engine blowing up.
ole blue was sleeping on the job i do not know why but i enjoy your commentary about ole blue i always get a laugh
At 26:50, try gripping the water pump belt closely to the gear with a vice-grip, which might let you loosen that bolt.
Still love my 1.8T.... so glad I don't have a TSI. They look like a nightmare to work on.
I laughed when I saw the stud missing on the turbo exhaust manifold, bc I have the same one missing on my 2012 Jetta GLI, and it now has an exhaust leak at high rpm. The manifold warps and breaks the bolt. I was going nuts trying to figure out wtf this noise was, and that’s the main culprit…..the mk6 GLI is now my “weekend vehicle”, so it doesn’t bother me much
As the owner of an EA888 this autopsy was hard to watch. Imma run out and check my oil level right now (because they DO have a diet for yummy oil)
Yaaay. A VW.
I really want to see a 2.5 liter in-line 5 cylinder!!
Eric. I'm driving out for that water pump. Will call, I'll be there in 4 days, hope it's in as good shape as you say.
Man, that two part video was awesome! Thanks Eric
As a habitual VW owner, the extension to reach bolts is no joke lmfao
Spring claps are your best fren doe
If you ever tear down a EA211 1.4t HMU BIG DAWG I CAN USE THE TURBO
It can happen. Had a 60's Pontiac. Seller disconnected the oil pressure sending unit, I was too ignorant to think anything of it.
When I reconnected it, it glimmered when idling and hot. Had oil pump replaced. Did not specify, probably a high volume I hope.
Lasted for 2 or 3 years, including several trips between Texas and Georgia. Don't floor it, keep rpm down. Lent it to someone, he blew a rod bearing in one night.
@russellstyles5381 Dad bought a V4 ford transit. Only problem we knew about was charging light, we thought a new alternator was needed. Brother in law came over, he had used lots of transits. "That's not the charging light, that's oil pressure" Oops. Drained the oil, didn't look great, but not awful either. Took off filter, dropped it because it weighed so much. Seems the guy who owned changed the oil regularly, but never the filter? Weird. Pressure came back and we drove it for a couple of years with no problems. Loved that little V4, great engine.
Thank you Eric!👍
In order to remove the cam bridge completely from the cams the vvt spool valve needs to be removed from the intake cam. It is reversed threaded ( lefty tighty righty loosy). There is a special tool made to fit into the two small peg holes to loosen it
Morning Eric. Had a thought for a possible side-gig for you. Guitar Slides - being that the wrist pins almost invariably survive the BLAM, give them the chance of a new life in music...
The oil filter does indeed come off that way. Wow, that chain tensioner was way extended. Definitely needed a chain job. I'm surprised the engine didn't jump time.
Watched your masterful moment when the inspection port was installed.
Now let's see how good you are! Although the smashing of the car was great too! 😅
That oil filter came out normally, they have one way valves inside so they don't empty themselves when removing them. As for those water pump belts I haven't seen or heard of any failing but they usually get replaced with the water pump which fails all the time.
I almost bought a new 2013 CC, but I didn't because I preferred the original longitudinal B5 Passat drivetrain. I can see where VW cut corners when they "decontented" the European built B5 Passat 2.8 GLX. Replacing the trunk struts with hinges, cheaper looking interior etc, horrible engine that leaked oil like a sieve... I like the frameless door glass.
I really loved this video and I hope po see that truck totally blown up and thorn down! Thank you for amazing content! Greetings from Croatia!!
Years ago a friend of mine let her daughter borrow her Cadillac. The kid ran it out of oil and when the engine started knocking she just turned up the volume on the stereo to drown it out and ran it at 70 MPH until it blew.
"Looks like Uncle Rodney just dropped in" 😂